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Big Data, medicine and Dr Gregory House
July 31, 2014
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I am a big fan of House. BIG FAN ! I guess what I really like is the infectious curiosity…
Inflection point in Global mobile sales – Q2 2013
August 16, 2013
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The latest Gartner Mobile sales reports are clearly saying one thing – the 2nd quarter of 2013 has been the…
Bell Curve and the Appraisal Process
August 08, 2013
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Imagine that a football team needs a manager/coach, someone who can motivate the players and help them deliver much more…
Mobile Money Facts and Figures
August 01, 2013
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Opportunity Scale 1.8 billion people globally have mobile phones but no bank acocunts (World Bank) Success Stories/Adoption Figures 20%…
Automobile recalls in Indian Market
May 26, 2013
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May 2013: Updated with the new Nissan Micra & Sunny recall data. ———————————————————————————————————————- Aug 2012: The recent and much covered…
Obsessing over finer details
October 10, 2012
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I have heard way too many stories about how some of the most iconic brands were built by obsessing over…
Next Phase of Search Engine Wars
July 11, 2012
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A close friend of mine, just started his own venture after spending over a decade in the banking industry. He…
If everyone treated us like our mobile operators
June 28, 2012
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TataDoCoMos recent ad campaigns have been very powerful, to say the least. Kudos to the agency and the marketing teams…
Where’s the Cupid in our Education System
June 20, 2012
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I was reading this incredible story yday and Dandu bhai’s one line stuck a chord with me – I realized…
Offline to online
June 19, 2012
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Offline + online connect, was and remains an interesting area for internet innovation – simply because in our real-lives we…
The Digital Insurer
May 22, 2012
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Going Digital is no longer a choice that insurers have, its something they need to do and now. What insurers…
Next phase of digital marketplaces
February 27, 2012
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Internet adoption has seen the evolution of some usual suspects across most geographies and one of the key category is…
Corporate Culture Localization
January 30, 2012
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Many global companies have adopted an approach of customizing their products to suit the local needs. McDonalds came up with…
Celebrity Endorsements Work
December 17, 2011
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Had a very interesting chat with the guy who runs the sports-shop at the Sports Complex where I go for…
Loss making airlines and profitable aggregators
November 19, 2011
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The Indian skies are witnessing a strange situation. Most of the carriers who form the backbone of Indian aviation industry…
Education Industry – next set of challenges
November 18, 2011
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Private sector, higher education in India has probably seen a complete cycle of sorts in the last 8-10 years. What…
Going the last mile in integrated advertising
October 01, 2011
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Just came back from a Mahindra showroom here in NOIDA. Its a mess out there with the much hyped launch…
Change and how we react to it
September 30, 2011
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Its an oft repeated statement that an optimist see opportunities where others see challenges. It can not be truer in…